Lord McKenzie of Luton: The Information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician who has been asked to reply.
	Letter from Karen Dunnell, National Statistician and Registrar General to Baroness Gould dated 23 March 2006
	As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question concerning (a) how many cases of cervical cancer there have been since 1995; and (b) what the mortality rates for cervical cancer have been since 1995, in each case broken down by Strategic Health Authority. (HL4663)
	The most recent available information on registration of newly diagnosed cases of cancer (incidence) is for the year 2003. The latest figures on mortality are for the year 2004. Numbers of cases of cervical cancer by Strategic Health Authority are presented in Table 1 below. Numbers of deaths are given in Table 2. Age standardised mortality rates (directly standardised to the European standard population) are given in Table 3. These are presented as three-year moving averages from 1995, due to the small numbers of deaths in each Strategic Health Authority.
	
		Table 1: Numbers of newly diagnosed cases of cervical cancer1 registered in England, 1995-2003, by Strategic Health Authority
		
			  Strategic Health Authority 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 
			 Q01 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 119 100 86 100 78 89 85 81 86 
			 Q02 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 70 82 71 57 69 64 58 53 49 
			 Q03 Essex 66 64 55 57 60 54 51 62 58 
			 Q04 North West London 88 81 104 70 65 67 56 70 62 
			 Q05 North Central London 52 38 57 46 37 48 42 54 45 
			 Q06 North East London 65 83 65 69 70 84 75 70 47 
			 Q07 South East London 88 64 65 66 92 58 60 72 55 
			 Q08 South West London 60 63 58 64 54 50 41 56 56 
			 Q09 Northumberland, Tyne & Wear 72 106 87 86 92 71 82 62 76 
			 Q10 County Durham and Tees Valley 66 57 77 73 77 81 71 71 76 
			 Q11 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 89 117 93 119 112 107 90 93 101 
			 Q12 West Yorkshire 150 158 159 154 156 120 144 143 123 
			 Q13 Cumbria and Lancashire 153 160 127 114 115 108 131 96 98 
			 Q14 Greater Manchester 204 205 161 179 181 170 144 142 137 
			 Q15 Cheshire & Merseyside 177 153 163 158 129 130 135 122 136 
			 Q16 Thames Valley 93 84 64 69 97 79 62 86 95 
			 Q17 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 117 90 94 90 90 88 85 63 74 
			 Q18 Kent and Medway 73 66 82 80 75 73 76 67 69 
			 Q19 Surrey and Sussex 150 122 134 105 81 96 79 85 106 
			 Q20 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 115 98 119 120 162 96 159 120 114 
			 Q21 South West Peninsula 77 84 92 95 106 100 78 86 77 
			 Q22 Dorset and Somerset 62 53 62 71 99 60 53 64 49 
			 Q23 South Yorkshire 93 66 76 73 75 88 73 50 70 
			 Q24 Trent 149 157 135 122 138 110 133 128 131 
			 Q25 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 64 68 87 70 96 88 94 73 79 
			 Q26 Shropshire and Staffordshire 75 98 93 90 88 61 95 77 75 
			 Q27 Birmingham and the Black Country 184 157 144 126 119 118 132 119 102 
			 Q28 Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire 88 67 95 89 89 83 81 63 79 
		
	
	1 International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes C53. Source: Office for National Statistics
	
		Table 2: Numbers of deaths from cervical cancer1 registered in England, 1995-2004,2 by Strategic Health Authority
		
			  Strategic Health Authority 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 
			 QOl Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 52 53 51 41 42 37 33 28 31 29 
			 Q02 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 29 24 21 23 23 25 28 26 18 16 
			 Q03 Essex 41 28 32 26 21 32 16 17 25 34 
			 Q04 North West London 30 47 35 32 26 21 30 22 22 25 
			 Q05 North Central London 23 19 14 20 11 27 16 23 18 15 
			 Q06 North East London 29 35 26 30 30 31 35 33 26 25 
			 Q07 South East London 31 35 26 29 36 32 25 28 26 19 
			 Q08 South West London 24 34 29 24 24 24 21 15 18 16 
			 Q09 Northumberland, Tyne & Wear 41 37 48 36 28 29 35 30 25 31 
			 Q10 County Durham and Tees   Valley 35 27 27 25 29 27 31 23 16 35 
			 Q11 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 41 45 37 51 36 31 38 28 28 28 
			 Q12 West Yorkshire 63 54 70 66 61 55 47 69 51 39 
			 Q13 Cumbria and Lancashire 66 73 53 55 52 44 42 44 32 42 
			 Q14 Greater Manchester 76 81 61 62 61 67 61 55 58 57 
			 Q15 Cheshire & Merseyside 72 97 67 79 80 71 61 53 62 52 
			 Q16 Thames Valley 34 29 23 33 20 27 23 23 22 21 
			 Q17 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 42 31 45 44 30 35 37 29 34 32 
			 Q18 Kent and Medway 38 30 38 30 40 43 25 39 35 31 
			 Q19 Surrey and Sussex 66 51 50 44 49 42 41 37 42 41 
			 Q20 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 57 53 49 39 32 38 36 33 39 29 
			 Q21 South West Peninsula 42 56 50 46 40 53 39 37 36 49 
			 Q22 Dorset and Somerset 27 18 31 39 25 33 21 20 23 22 
			 Q23 South Yorkshire 37 50 41 35 36 31 30 20 28 27 
			 Q24 Trent 64 69 70 34 50 55 50 55 54 43 
			 Q25 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 31 27 34 34 27 24 27 21 28 26 
			 Q26 Shropshire and Staffordshire 37 39 34 33 36 33 34 29 22 37 
			 Q27 Birmingham and the Black Country 77 63 46 45 47 37 45 50 47 54 
			 Q28 Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire 37 35 33 36 23 24 32 32 22 20 
		
	
	1 Data selected using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD9) code 180 for the years 1995 to 2000, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD 10) C53 for 2001 onwards. 2 Data are for registrations of death in each calendar year. Source: Office for National Statistics
	
		Table 3: Age-standardised mortality rates1 for cervical cancer,2 1995-2004,3 three-year moving averages, by Strategic Health Authority 
		
			  Strategic Health authority 1995-1997 1996-1998 1997-1999 1998-2000 1999-2001 2000-2002 2001-2003 2002-2004 
			 Q01 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 3.6 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.1 1.9 1.8 
			 Q02 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.4 2.0 
			 Q03 Essex 3.3 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.1 1.6 2.0 
			 Q04 North West London 4.1 4.2 3.3 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.3 
			 Q05 North Central London 3.1 3.0 2.5 2.9 2.7 3.3 2.9 2.8 
			 Q06 North East London 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.6 
			 Q07 South East London 3.7 3.7 3.8 4.1 3.9 3.4 3.1 2.8 
			 Q08 South West London 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.3 2.8 2.5 2.2 
			 Q09 Northumberland, Tyne & Wear 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.0 
			 Q10 County Durham and Tees Valley 4.1 3.6 3.7 3.6 4.0 3.6 3.2 3.3 
			 Q11 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 3.9 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.9 
			 Q12 West Yorkshire 5.0 4.9 5.2 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.2 3.8 
			 Q13 Cumbria and Lancashire 5.1 4.8 4.2 3.9 3.4 3.2 3.0 3.1 
			 Q14 Greater Manchester 4.9 4.5 3.9 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.6 
			 Q15 Cheshire and Merseyside 5.2 5.2 4.8 5.0 4.6 4.0 3.6 3.4 
			 Q16 Thames Valley 2.5 2.5 2.1 2.3 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.7 
			 Q17 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.1 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.6 
			 Q18 Kent and Medway 3.6 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.2 
			 Q19 Surrey and Sussex 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.0 1.9 1.8 
			 Q20 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 3.8 3.4 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.4 
			 Q21 South West Peninsula 4.6 4.5 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.2 3.3 
			 Q22 Dorset and Somerset 2.9 3.5 3.3 3.5 2.7 2.7 2.2 2.2 
			 Q23 South Yorkshire 5.3 5.1 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.4 3.4 3.2 
			 Q24 Trent 4.1 3.5 3.1 2.7 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.6 
			 Q25 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 3.3 3.4 3.3 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.6 
			 Q26 Shropshire and Staffordshire 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.1 2.6 2.7 
			 Q27 Birmingham and the Black Country 4.5 3.7 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.5 
			 Q28 Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire 3.7 3.7 3.2 2.8 2.8 3.2 3.1 2.5 
		
	
	1 Rate per 100,000 standardised to the European standard population. 2 Data selected using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD9) code 180 for the years 1995 to 2000, and the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD10) C53 for 2001 onwards. 3 Data are for registrations of death in each calendar year. Source: Office for National Statistics

Lord Triesman: There was no collusion before the withdrawal. The UK and US consul-generals issued a joint US/UK letter to President Abbas on 8 March 2006, which noted that if the Palestinian Authority (PA) did not: come into full compliance with the Ramallah agreement; make substantive improvements to the security of the monitors; or came to a new agreement with the government of Israel, we would have to withdraw our monitors with immediate effect. In accordance with our obligations under the Ramallah agreement, our ambassador in Tel Aviv informed the Israeli authorities that we were delivering a letter in these terms on 8 March. It was considered too dangerous to inform either Israel or the Palestinian Authority of the actual date of withdrawal.
	On 15 December 2005, our Deputy Head of Mission in Jerusalem informed the PA President's Office, that we were concerned about security and that if we felt that the PA could not provide adequate security, we would withdraw the monitors. We also raised our concerns on at least five separate occasions after this point. On 17 and 22 February, our ambassador in Tel Aviv informed the Israeli authorities that we might have to withdraw from the mission due to security concerns. On 10 March, our ambassador in Tel Aviv contacted the Israeli authorities to urge that Israel exercise caution if the monitors had to withdraw.
	The location of the prison meant that it could be observed by Israeli Defence Forces, including when the monitors left the prison.

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